Congratulations to GM Fabiano Caruana!
Fifth win and final victory for the American prodigal son, Fabiano Caruana. In a spectacular game against his direct rival for the success in Dortmund - the Romanian GM playing for Germany Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, Fabiano finished the tournament with an amazing 5.5/7. Nisipeanu opened with the Evans Gambit(!), an ancient, romantic and not-much used opening and Caruana was able to come out of the opening with a decent position. The tactics at the end was...Full Story

Topalov is the new King of Norway!
In a day saddened by the news about the great Walter Browne passing away in the night, the tournament was decided in less than one hour. 17 moves. That is all it took to end the 3rd Norway Chess. Topalov and Anand drew uneventfully, and Topalov is now the new King of Norway. Nakamura beat convincingly Aronian, whose tournament was not the best he's ever played. The Norwegian derby saw the most unexpected outcome: Hammer outplayed Carlsen, to get his...Full Story

Here you find all the videos ICC has published so far of the LIVE events Banter Blitz and SimulMaster.
07/26/2015
GM John Fedorowicz plays a simul against 20 players and commentates LIVE on his games!
07/22/2015
GM Joel Benjamin plays Banter Blitz with ICC members and commentates LIVE on his games!
07/18/2015
IM Christof "Chessexplained" Sielecki plays a simul with 20 players and commentates LIVE on his games!
07/06/2015
Today Max decided to play in "defensive mode", trying...Full Story

The fourth and last FIDE Grand Prix will tell us who are the two super GMs to qualify for the Candidates tournament to be held in March 2016.
​Play starts May the 14th, at 6AM Eastern TIme (New York).
The two americans Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura get the ticket for the Candidates tournament, which will be held in 2016 to decide who will be Carlsen's challenger.
In the last round both the super-strong young players drew, securing the final result.
At the beginning, with Tomashevsky...Full Story

Magnus Carlsen wins the 2nd Gashimov Memorial, defending the title he had won last year. Magnus entered last round with half a point of advantage over Vishy Anand, and he set up a game with Mamedov that could have led to a draw, although we all know how subtle Magnus can be in endgames with even a very slight advantage. Mamedov felt the pressure - and who doesn't, playing Magnus? - and blundered horribly, resigning on the spot. Anand played a good game against Fabiano Caruana, ended in a draw....Full Story

HIKARU NAKAMURA is the 2015 US Champion!
Gibraltar, Zurich and now the US Championship. So far, it's been Hikaru's year. Hikaru conquered the US Championship by winning round 11 against Alexander Onishuk, in a pretty amazing way. The game looked drawn, and everyone knows how solid Onischuk is in such positions. But the old lion miscalculated in a drawish endgame, and nobody can allow himself that when playing the number 3 in the world. Robson did his part, beating Timur Gareev in a crazy...Full Story

Let's get ready for April, which will be a tremendous month for chess!
At the beginning of the month, the strongest ever U.S. Championship will take place at the swift Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis, Missouri. The elegant and famous chess club will host an amazing line-up of participants this year: the defending champion Gata Kamsky, World Number 3 Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley So - who recently switched federation - Ray Robson, Alex Onischuk, Daniel Naroditsky, Sam Shankland, ICC's...Full Story

The third FIDE Grand Prix is going to take place in Tbilisi, Georgia from February 15 to 27.
The two leaders after the first two tournaments, Caruana and Nakamura, will not play in Georgia - they are playing in Zurich - but the GP presents several very strong players: Grischuk, Giri, Vachier-Lagrave, Mamedyarov, Svidler, Andreikin, Jakovenko, Radjabov, Dominguez, Tomashevsky, Kasimdzhanov and Jobava. The latter is the only player whose rating is not over 2700, which gives an idea of how...Full Story

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From February 14 to 18, some of the strongest players in the world meet in Zurich, Switzerland, for the 4th Zurich Chess...Full Story

It's him again! Magnus Carlsen won the Grenke Classic 2015. Congratulations to the World Champion! In the last round Carlsen and Naiditsch drew their game, and went on to play tiebreak games. But it wasn't exactly a walk in the park for the super-Norwegian, who had to face a very pugnacious Arkadij Naiditsch in the playoffs. It was a rollecoaster: Magnus won the first of the two Rapid games (10+2) and most everyone at that point was quite sure it was going to be a matter of routine for the...Full Story

Only one day after the amazing Tata Steel tournament finished, another great event starts in Gibraltar, the English piece of rock placed at the entrance of the Mediterranean Sea.
This year the line-up is quite interesting, with Veselin Topalv, Hikaru Nakamura, Peter Svidler, Nikita Vitiugov, Dmitry Jakovenko, Pentala Harikrishna, Yangyi Yu, Richard Rapport, Maxim Matlakov, Ivan Cheparinov, Hou Yifan, and many other strong grandmasters, for a total of 70 players.
The tournament is a 10 rounds...Full Story

As usual, the chess year starts big, with the traditional Tata Steel super-tournament in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands.
It is the 77th edition of this glorious event, and this year there will be only two groups, instead of the usual three.
Play starts on January the 10th, at 7:30AM EST - 13:30 CET.
Last round at 6:00AM EST - 12:00 CET.
ICC will show all the games and have LIVE commentary, with the traditional TRIVIA contest!
Magnus, for the third time, wins the super-tournament in Wijk...Full Story

The Chess Carousel never stops! The echoes of the World Championship Match still resound, and here we are again with yet another awesome elite event: The London Chess Classic. Yes, this year we're back to classic time control. The line-up is quite amazing:
GM Fabiano Caruana, Number two in the world, who impressed the chess experts and fans at the Sinquefield Cup this year and is leading the Grand Prix series..
GM Vishy Anand. He doesn't need any presentation. The World Championship...Full Story

Two generations of chess champions are going to clash again, in what we could call a classic rematch, in Sochi, Russia, from November 8-27. After his defeat in the 2013 World Championship Match Vishy Anand, the gentleman from India, managed to win the Candidates tournament and now, with reversed roles, he is the challenger to Magnus Carlsen's throne. The WC match is the most awaited and important chess event of the year. Millions of chess-lovers will follow the games over the internet, and the...Full Story

The ninth international match between The University of Texas at Dallas in the United States and the University of Belgrade in Serbia takes place Friday, 31st October 2014. This match represents the merging of modern technology, ancient strategies, diverse cultural heritages, and the meeting of some of the finest young academic chess-minds of their generation.
The 16-board match, featuring many young masters, has become something of a tradition here on ICC, and will again be played LIVE on...Full Story